Soul Train
Billy Paul/ The Trammps
TV Flash files “Billy Paul/ The Trammps” as hour 181 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 36, aired 1976-05-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E36: listed hour 181 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 36 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1976-05-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Delfonics/ D.J. Rogers/ Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.” (S05E35). Next is “Archie Bell & the Drells/ Brass Construction” (S05E37). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Billy Paul - "When Love Is New," "People Power" and "Let's Make A Baby." The Trammps - "That's Where the Happy People Go" and "Hold Back the Night."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billy Paul/ The Trammps sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E36 is listed hour 181 of 1134 — hour 36 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 36.
When did Soul Train S05E36 air?
Billy Paul/ The Trammps aired 1976-05-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
Filed against
- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…